Bretzel-cutter



(N0 Model.)

J. U. SEGESS-ER.

BRETZEL CU'ITER. N0. 283,522. Patented Aug. 21 1883.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN U. SEGESSER, OF SAX FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

BRET'ZEbCUTTER.

SPECIFIGATION forming part: of Letters Patent N0. 283,522, datei August 21, 1883,

Applicnfinn Film] June 23, 1882.

T0 all whonz z't mwy c0ncern:

Be it known t-hat I, J OHN U. SEGESSER, 0f the City and couny of San Francisco, Stare 0f Galifornia, hzwe invented an Improved Bretzel- Gatter, and I hereby deelare the following t0 be a full, clear, and exact descriphio1i thereof.

lvIy invention 1e1ates to a, new und useful bretzel-eutter; undit; consists in a shie1d-Iike die 01 stamp provided with am doublespaeed w2m11 around its edge, in whieh an ejector is adapted to move, and with a hollow center erossed by radial wa11s, in the bottoms 0f whieh gr'ooves arte made, all of which Will hereinafter be more fufly described.

A.t present bretze1s a-re mae both by band anc1 by .machinery. The maclxines f0r aceom- 'plishing this w0rk are oonstructed, as far as I am aware, 0f two revolving impinging rollers, in the faces '0f each of which one halfthe pattern 01' stmnp is made. 113 is found by ex 'perience thatj by this mean s 0111y tlxe stiffest kind of dough 02m be used in oraler t0 prevent it fro1n sticking t0 theshallow groovcs 0f the pattern 0r stamp, and thus occasioning 10ss. 'Ihis entails the use 0f proving-boxes, in which the stiff doug h, after being auf; into bretzels, is placed 130 make it rise properly.

The obj ect 0f my invention is to provide a m eans for eutt-ing zhe bretzels outof better and lighter ough, which has n0t zmtterward so rise, thus (hing away with the provinghoxes and saving mach time und labor.

Referring t0 the accompzmying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspeefiive view showing botto1n of the eut-ter. Fig. 2 is a perspective view 0f the ejector; Fig. 3, a p1a11 showingtop 0f cutter; Fig. 4, 2'n section of cutt er inverted. Fig. 5 is a perspective yiew 0f a machine, showing applieacion ofthe eutters.

Let A represent a shield-iike casting pr0 vided with ears a a, whereby it may beboltcd t0 the platze hereinafter described. \Vithin t-his is cast zu second wal1, B, at a little distanee from the first, A, thus lezwing zu deep space, Z1, between the tw0 wal1s. The top 0f this space is elosed zuu1 the boft0m is open, as shown. In the 110110W' eenter 0f this spaced wall are w2111s G C, converging from ehe immer Wall, B, and meeting ab the i1wzrrdly-extending 1iue er edge 0f the inner W2LH, In he bottoms 0f thes Walls zrre made grooves c c, joining to forma a eireular groove, d, which is 'when 'the arts begiu again to ascend.

0011 neeted with the space (Z, as weil as with the Through the closed top 0f t-he spae e b are 1nade holes e.

D is the ejector. This eonsists 0f a piece 0f metal the shape ofand oecupying the spaee b, loosely enough to move easily up and down therein. T0 this are seeured rods m, passing np'through holes e in the top of t11e space b.

In 0rder t0 fn1ly explain ehe use and adwmcage of this cutter, I shal]. sh0w a ortion of the nmchinery with which it is eonnected.

E is a frsune, in the sides of which are vertica1 slots f. In these siots :r cross-bar, G, is nme to reciprocate vertiezmliy by means 0f a pitmim, I-I, the lower end 0f whieh may be supposed t0 be conneeted wit-h a cmnk. I is another bar, connected with the upper one by arms i, and provided with socketsj (Lt its ends. J is a p1ate under bar I, und having ins k extending up through s0ckets j, :md secured by nut-s above.

Springs Z are placed around pins 7. between the plate J and ehe endS of soekets j. T0 he plnte J, underneath, the eutter, 0r zu1y suitablenumber 0f the1n, am bolted by the ears au. The r0ds m pass up loosely through the plate J, und are secured 130 the bar I.

T110 Operation 0f this device is as follows: .By the downward movement 01' the bar G both bar I und plate .I descend. 'lhe 1atter brings its cutter in eontacc with the dough, which travels upon an endless belb in the nsua1 manner. By reason 0f the soeketsj and the springe k the bar I continues t0 descend. T1 1is, mdve- 1nent forces down the ejector D in the eenter, and throws the bretzel 0ut just ab the moment This is the ordinary conscrnct-ion, substantiaily,- of machines 110W in use, zu1d I c1aim nothing new for it, my objeet being oniy t0 show the operation 0f my partieular devicename]y the cutter.

The' spaee b forms thc outside ring of the bretzel, und the grooved walls O C form the cross -bars, which are rounded and pressed into shape by this construction.

This device cuts the dough sharply, and it czrnnot stiek to it, 110 matter what quality I use. I may 'therefore use risen dough 2md dispense, as I hure before explained, with provmg-boxes.

It Will be evident ihat, while 1 110 outside 01:

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